A/HRC/14/3 Refugee Protection Act, described by UNHCR as the most advanced in the region. It appreciated the measures taken to enhance economic, social and environmental rights, despite the global economic crisis. It noted the cooperation with international human rights mechanisms. It made recommendations. 46. Uzbekistan welcomed the broad participation of civil society in preparation of the national report. It noted the consistent steps made to guarantee civil, political, economic, social, cultural rights and fundamental freedoms. Domestic legislation incorporated human rights norms, including the rights of indigenous people, the prohibition of discrimination of all forms, access to education and the right to health care. Uzbekistan welcomed the fact that Nicaragua was a party to 13 human rights treaties and recognized the competency of a number of supervisory bodies. Uzbekistan made a recommendation. 47. Kyrgyzstan appreciated the establishment of the special commission on rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic communities, and the results achieved in education. It noted the decrease in maternal and infant mortality rates and progress made in gender equality. 48. Egypt commended the human rights training for public employees, and for including it in the curricula of the army and police academies, and the establishment of the Office of the Procurator for the Defence of Human Rights in accordance with the Paris Principles. It highlighted the establishment of a dedicated department for women and children to provide psychosocial support to victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, and the awareness-raising campaigns on violence against women. It made recommendations. 49. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland welcomed the human rights training and the creation of a gender violence unit within the public prosecutor’s office. It asked about the plans to improve detention conditions in police cells and prisons. It encouraged greater civil society collaboration to ensure that women and children had access to independent legal and medical assistance, and encouraged action by the government to change perceptions towards disabled people, sufferers of HIV/AIDS and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups. It made recommendations. 50. Norway appreciated the fact that Nicaragua had ratified most universal and regional human rights treaties and had resumed the practice of submitting periodic reports. Norway was concerned by the reported discrimination of the LGBT population and welcomed the decriminalization of homosexual relations in the 2008 Penal Code and the appointment, first in the region, of a Special Ombudsman for the Rights of Sexual Diversity. Norway shared the concern raised by civil society, the Ombudsman and the United Nations at the criminalization of therapeutic abortion, and noted Nicaragua’s reassurance that women would be given legal assistance when their lives were in danger. It shared the concern raised by, inter alia, the Human Rights Committee about reports depicting a difficult working environment for human rights defenders and journalists. It made recommendations. 51. The Syrian Arab Republic congratulated the comprehensive and transparent description of the human rights situation in the national report. It commended Nicaragua for the new Constitution, the trend to empowering people to protect their human rights, the efforts made to reform the judicial system, the new juvenile criminal system, providing for family and social integration, and the efforts made to advance economic, social and cultural rights, such as the rights to food, health, and education. It made recommendations. 52. Viet Nam noted the measures, legal and judicial reforms and plans of action to protect fundamental rights and freedoms and democracy in the areas of education, health care, job creation, social security, rights of vulnerable groups, including women, children, persons with disabilities and indigenous people. It welcomed the human development plan and noted that Nicaragua was party to a majority of international human rights instruments, 9